At Como Park, the mermaid has returned to the Schiffman Fountain. In the late 1800s, Dr. Rudoph Schiffman, a member of St. Paul’s parks board, ordered a replica made of a mermaid statue he encountered while traveling through Barcelona. The statue, which resembles a semi-nude Grecian bather, was crafted from bronze and cast iron on…

Rumours about the death of Vancouver’s high-end real estate market may be exaggerated.Several new highrise developments are in the works for downtown. And many are high-end projects being designed by internationally renowned “starchitects.”A rezoning application was recently posted at 1075 Nelson for a 60-storey tower designed by British architect Tom Wright.Wright achieved fame for the…

Please enable Javascript to watch this video It looks like Mother Nature will (mostly) cooperate this Memorial Day weekend! Expect a lot of sunshine for the most part, with summery temperatures Sunday and Memorial Day on Monday. While there is a slight risk of some spotty showers Sunday afternoon and night, they shouldn’t be enough…

Soldiers of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) take part in Exercise Promethean Ram, a live-fire training exercise held at CFB Wainwright, on April 21, 2016. Greg Southam / Postmedia, file Edmonton is a military city but residents may notice more of a presence over the next few days as hundreds of soldiers and…

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a press conference at the closing of the Belt and Road Forum at Yanqi Lake on the outskirts of Beijing, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Xi called Saturday for more countries to join China’s sprawling infrastructure-building initiative. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Canada’s ongoing plans to develop national infrastructure projects along…

The CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. Jeff Duensing of Esperanza High School competes in the Boys Varsity Discus Throw during the CIF State Track and Field meet at Buchanan High School on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Libby…

May 24, 2019 May 24, 2019 PEPPERELL, MASS. (WHDH) – A Townsend man was flown to a Worcester hospital with serious injuries following a motorcycle crash in Pepperell on Friday. Police responding to a reported single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the area of Brookline Street about 7:10 p.m. found a 29-year-old Townsend man who had crashed…

Please enable Javascript to watch this video SAN DIEGO — The family of a father of two shot and killed in Grantville recently is pleading for answers. Just before 3 a.m. Tuesday, San Diego police said they were called to Holabird Street, where officers said they found 35-year-old Mario Bullard suffering from at least one…